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Tag: Romantasy

Fantasy, Short Fiction

The Monk’s Knife by Callie J. Smith

April 17, 2026April 17, 2026 literallystories2014

Lucy kept an eye on the man at the corner table. He’d glance at the front door each time it opened and then return his gaze to a book whose pages he rarely turned. He waited for someone.

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